RAW Material Company invites you to the screening of a film chosen by Alain Gomis.

On Thursday November 14th at 8pm, come watch I was Born, But... (1932) by Yasujirō Ozu, with Alain Gomis and participate in a discussion on the film and the ways in which it has influenced the work of the Senegalese director.

Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo / I Was Born, But...  (1932) by Yasujirō Ozu

A family and their two young boys, Keiji and Ryoichi, move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs. The boys, bullied by a gang of kids, skip school. The teacher informs their father who makes them go back to class so that they can become “important people.” The boys, with the help of an older boy, join the local gang as lowly new kids and emerge as natural leaders after defeating a bully. While visiting the home of their father's boss, the brothers witness the ridicule their father has endured to please his superior. This leads to a great family fight. Angry and embarrassed, the boys find their naive ideas about power being challenged. They decide to rebel by going on a hunger strike because “if becoming someone important means bowing to a boss, then what is the point?”